Linking cubes activity for probability (Amy Kelland & Victoria Lyttle)
Have students choose their favourite colour of linking cube from a bag
Once students all have cubes, have the students stand up when you call their colour so students can count the number of students with each colour of cube
Write the total number of students in the class on the board
Write down the numbers of students corresponding to each colour on the board as you go
If a giant came into the class and randomly took a student with their cube:
What is the probability of picking a certain colour of cube?
What colour would it most likely end up taking?
What colour would it least likely end up taking?
Area and Patterns
Patterned floor tile using pattern blocks (By Amy Kelland & Victoria Lyttle)
Give the students a bag of pattern tiles
Tell them they are to create a pattern that they would like to use to tile their kitchen in the future
Once they have a pattern in front of them, tell them to find the area of their patterned tile where the area of the triangular piece is one unit
Content
Government Curricula
A link to the Elementary Curricula: http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/elementary/subjects.html
A link to the Secondary Curricula: http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/secondary/subjects.html
Grade 1 - 8 Curriculum for Language Arts
Grade 1 - 8 Curriculum for Math
Grade 1 - 8 Curriculum for History/Geography
Grade 1 - 8 Curriculum for Science
Resource Links
Real World Applications of Math: Why is math important?
http://www.realworldmath.org/Real_World_Math/Lessons.html
Khan Academy: A link with a bunch of educational "how to" videos
http://www.khanacademy.org/#Developmental Math
Math Actvities:
Probability
Linking cubes activity for probability (Amy Kelland & Victoria Lyttle)
Area and Patterns
Patterned floor tile using pattern blocks (By Amy Kelland & Victoria Lyttle)
Lesson Plans
A Work-In-Progress Lesson Plan: Surface area of a rectangular prism